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About Me Premium Member Comic Artist Nigel DobbynMale/United Kingdom Recent Activity Deviant for 2 Years
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Thought Bubble Panel

Wed Nov 18, 2009, 9:11 AM
Tim Perkins and John Ridgway have both had to withdraw from the "Changing Face of Comics" panel (was it something I said?), so instead it's just going to be me presenting a version of my Teeside Uni talk on how digital technology has changed the way I work. Lots of pretty pictures and hopefully some insight into my working methods. It's at 12noon in the Alea Cinema Room if you're attending and are interested.

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Comic strip artist and writer, illustrator, designer, anything else I can turn my hand to.
2000AD, Sonic the Comic, Digimon, Billy the Cat (Beano) etc.

Devious Info

  • Current Residence: Cleveland, UK
  • Favourite cartoon character: The Gronk (2000AD)
  • Personal Quote: I made a wish... for a sky full of fish.
  • Tools of the Trade: Pencil, Photoshop, Illustrator
http://www.nigeldobbyn.com/

Comments


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~Rustyoldtown 3 days 1 hour ago
Thanks for the favs!

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~NikRichards Nov 25, 2009, 3:14:15 AM
Lecture at Tees was great, given me a few ideas for the coursework! Ta
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*handtoeye Nov 25, 2009, 7:20:08 AM
Pleasure. Thanks.
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~Viragom Nov 24, 2009, 8:41:59 PM
Also saw your lecture today, great to see your stuff and hear how you got into the business. Cheers

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*handtoeye Nov 25, 2009, 1:54:23 AM
Thanks for coming. I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm going to continue to post older stuff as well as new on dA, as well as the occasional tutorial.
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~Godess-Nikita-Chan Nov 24, 2009, 3:25:26 PM
Hi Nigel! I was in your lecture today, very inspiring, especially the black/white stuff, that was my favourite :)

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~Sora-x-Riku-Club ~Naruto-x-Sasuke-Club
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*handtoeye Nov 25, 2009, 1:53:22 AM
Thanks for coming. Glad you enjoyed it. I was quite surprised how much I still liked some of the older stuff. The trouble with my black and white stuff on 2000AD is that it was done to a tighter deadline than the earlier stuff and I had to draw stuff I wasn't used to drawing, so shows some serious flaws compared to the stuff I just drew for pleasure, but that's all part of the learning process - but a little too public for comfort!
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~Godess-Nikita-Chan Nov 26, 2009, 4:17:25 PM
lol XD yeah

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*queenmoreta Nov 19, 2009, 2:11:38 PM
i have been farting about with drawing some random comics and i was wondering. What way would you recommend drawing a character nodding as in an agreement?

i tried doing motion lines but it doesn't look all too good :/.

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*handtoeye Nov 19, 2009, 2:18:29 PM
Movement is always a tricky one. I personally favour the 'frozen moment' approach. I rarely use speed lines myself, although I know a lot of people that do.

Try tackling this as a mini animation within the strip - two or three small frames from the same viewpoint with the character's head up then bowed then up again. You might even get away with just two panels - head up then bowed. A word balloon to emphasise what's going on would help too - 'alright' or 'yes' coming from the character as their head is bowed?

Hope that helps.
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